The UN Security Council is holding a meeting on efforts to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons program under a 2013 resolution.
The UN Security Council held a meeting on developments in efforts to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons program under resolution 2118, adopted in 2013 following the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict.
Izumi Nakamitsu, the UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, briefed the council on recent developments in the elimination effort.
The U.S. warned the U.N. Security Council that Sudan's three-year-old war risks spreading into neighboring countries and deepening foreign involvement, citing cross-border attacks and military movements near Ethiopia.
The US ambassador to the UN and a senior Trump adviser say a proposed embargo should cover both sides of Sudan's war and all states and networks supplying them with weapons, without exceptions.
Tensions are mounting across the Middle East as the United States and its allies pursue military and diplomatic responses to recent Iranian actions, while the Pentagon investigates leaks about the conflict.
An Israeli drone strike killed two men on a motorcycle in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh on Friday, the second recent incident raising questions about implementation of a US-mediated ceasefire.
Israel is reported to be releasing five Lebanese detainees on Thursday as part of US-brokered negotiations between the two countries.
Israeli warplanes struck the southern Lebanese town of Mifdoun and hit positions near Ain al-Tineh in the Beqaa Valley, according to Al Jazeera.